I wasn't nearly as pissed when I left the theater as I expected I would be.
RZ's Halloween is exactly what you would expect. Lots of tits, lots of blood, lots of crap dialog, and cameos from pretty much everyone on the current horror convention junket. Some of these Zombie constants work in favor of the film ,where other just make the viewing experience cringe inducingly awkward.
As per usual, Rob Zombie is a better visual story teller than he a verbal one. I really think if you watched this film sans dialog, nothing but the image and score, you'd have a far more frightening film. Zombie's typical white trash characterization does nothing but water down the proceedings. Scenes that should be filled with dread are filled with outlandishly creative, off the wall dialog that is so out of character it takes you right out of the movie.
Scenes with Michael Myers attacking his victims are far and away the best moments of the film. These moments are raw, realistic, and brutal. More frightening that any kill in the original series, RZ's Halloween's strongest moments come at the knife wielding hands of our silent antagonist.
This version of Halloween's cinematography is another point the cheer about. There's a gritty, dirty, real feeling to what we see here. RZ's aware of the frame and knows how to use it to his advantage when telling his story. He isn't much of a writer (I'm sure we can all agree there) but after a life watching horror movies I think the styles of the masters has been absorbed by Rob and turned into an interesting amalgam that is his own style. This, above all, is what I find most interesting to watch in the reinvented Halloween.
and the tits aren't bad either.
-Req
If you keep listening you can hear it for miles...